Came across with this site when I was stumbling through the net:
http://www.team3s.com/FAQnitrousX.htm

This canīt be right? Never heard that Nitrous could cause this.

 

Yeah, it was publicised pretty well when it happened, and I'm sure it is possible. Darwinism in action, definitely. You could just as easily ask if it's possible to set your car on fire in the garage from your fuel tank, or have it fall off a lift, or roll down the street, etc, etc. Bad things can and do happen.

Dave

 

that's down right scary

 

But it sounded like the owner screwed up.

Forgot to turn off the heater.

 

Yep, I dont see how anyone could blame this accident on nitrous, or a nitrous system manufacturer. It was clearly the owners fault,

"Then they had TWO pressure release vents on - instead of one - which doubled the emergency release pressure"

Pressure up any bottle over capitcy, after jacking with it's safety relief, and it's going to spell trouble, whether its nitrous, CO2, oxygen, accetylene, you name it.

Typical... it's amazing how many people attempt to find a scapegoat for their own stupidity, instead of simply taking responsibility for their actions.

 

Wouldn't that be around 3000 psi?

 

I think so. I thought the caps were around 1400psi, but it's been awhile since I had to replace one.

Actually, I would assume that the total burst psi on 2 caps would be higher than 3000psi when used together. It's my understanding that the caps psi rating is based on tensil strength from the center of the cap/disc. I believe that adding a senond cap would provide enough additional tensil strength to more than double the blow off psi that a single disc provides.

 

Actually, the caps are designed to blow at 3000psi. 2 caps would be over 6000psi, which is why the bottle blew instead. That happened a few years ago, and was settled.

 

I remember seeing this when it first happened, I think it was attributed to not turning off the bottle heater and the extra blow off cap, as you have previously stated. Lesson: Dont modify with the safety equipment!!